This Is Beirut, 2024-10-04 13:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, assured on Friday, with a rifle beside him, that Tehran's allies, notably Hamas and Hezbollah, will not "back down" against Israel, which "won't last much longer." The head of state was speaking in Tehran before thousands of people, three days before the first anniversary of Hamas' unprecedented ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 2024-10-04 09:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The assassination of Hezbollah's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, marked the conclusion of the fourth phase in Lebanon's history, known as political Shiism. Each phase has been characterized by the dominance of one of the major sects over the others in various ways. Political Maronitism prevailed from independence until the assassination of ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 2024-10-03 12:46 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Sir Lawrence Freedman, a strategic expert and former advisor to 10 Downing Street (Executive office of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister), asserts that Hezbollah is fighting for its “survival” in a war it has “already lost.” In an interview with This is Beirut, he noted that a significant regional shift could render Hezbollah ...
Salam Zaatari, 2024-10-03 10:57 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
The lack of clear information surrounding the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has ignited widespread speculation. With no public funeral or confirmed burial, many question whether Nasrallah is truly dead or severely injured. According to Islamic tradition, burial typically occurs within 24 hours of death. Hezbollah's silence only ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-29 18:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has given Iran a serious dilemma, how to cope with the loss of a crucial ally and still maintain its regional influence. Hezbollah, which has long been armed and financed by Iran, confirmed on Saturday Nasrallah's death after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in an air strike on Beirut's ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 2024-09-29 17:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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On Friday, September 27, Israel launched its most extensive military operation against Hezbollah since the opening of the southern front line on October 8, 2023, decapitating the group. The strike resulted in the death of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and the elimination of several key commanders of the pro-Iranian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-29 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French newspaper Le Parisien reported that Israel was informed by an Iranian mole about the presence of Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday. “The Israelis went all out; they didn’t want to miss their target,” commented a well-informed Lebanese security source to the daily, the day ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 23:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
As word of Hassan Nasrallah's death filtered out on the streets of Beirut, supporters who had been forced to flee Hezbollah's stronghold in the Lebanese capital refused to believe the news. "They are lying," said one woman on the back of a motorbike. "Sayyed is well," she said, referring to the Hezbollah leader, who enjoyed cult status among ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 22:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel had "settled the score" with the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike in Beirut. "We settled the score with the one responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of French," he ...
Cian ward, 2024-09-28 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Friday, in the space of seconds, Israel released around 10 tons of high-explosives on Beirut, in a huge airstrike that leveled a city block in Dahieh, reportedly destroying 8 buildings and killing Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing against targets across Lebanon. In Beirut, they have been largely located ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 17:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military announced, on Saturday, that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut the previous night. "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Captain David Avraham, another military spokesman, also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Following Hezbollah's announcement of the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, declarations multiplied around the world. Israel The Israeli military said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, one of its "greatest enemies," made the world safer, but that the group's remaining senior members would still be ...